Public bug reported:
[Description]
The canonical-server team is requesting a feature freeze exception for
acceptance of an new version of ubuntu-advantage-tools. Version 19 will
introduce an updated command line interface (UA Client) to simplify some
interaction with Ubuntu Advantage support offerings. This version of
ubuntu-advantage-tools depends on interaction with a new remote Contract API
service for authentication and entitlement details.
[Rationale]
ubuntu-advantage-tools v.19 is currently under development against a Contract
API spec but it has not yet been qualified against a functional (production,
development) Contract API service. That contract service will not be made
available to us until Feb 11th at earliest which doesn't leave enough time to
validate ubuntu-advantage-tools' interaction with the remote API and resolve
all major bugs by feature freeze date.
If we block the update to ubuntu-advantage-tools version 19, Ubuntu
consumers will continue to use the existing ubuntu-advantage-tools. The
current version requires authentication credentials for each different
offering, whereas the new one offers a centralized and streamlined
experience
[Timeline]
Our expectation is to have access to the UA Contract API backend service
(ver.1) by Feb 11th at the earliest. The Contract API is under heavy active
development which is changing the API spec in the process. When the Contract
API service is available for testing, the Ubuntu Advantage integration testing
against a functional API can begin to exercise both supported and unsupported
platforms (kvm, lxc, baremetal). At this point any major bugs can be recognized
and resolved.
[Risks]
Low-risk for Disco as ubuntu-advantage-tools will not allow enabling most
support entitlements because it is not an LTS (where ESM or FIPS have support).
This is a fairly simple command-line tool without a lot of moving pieces, the
most significant complexity/risk in this new version comes from iteractions
with the UA Contract API backend service to obtain auth tokens and request
entitlement configuration details.
This new client is a rewrite from bash to python and is used only to
enable/disable apt repositories, interact with motd and livepatch. The
move to python makes it a bit easier to test functionality. We will have
both integration tests and unittest coverage for all significant
features to ensure that the features are well vetted prior to release.
** Affects: ubuntu-advantage-tools (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Description changed:
[Description]
- The canonical-server team is requesting a feature freeze exception for
acceptance of an new version of ubuntu-advantage-tools. Version 19 will
introduce an updated command line interface (UA Client) to simplify interaction
with Ubuntu Advantage support offerings. This version of ubuntu-advantage-tools
depends on interaction with a new remote Contract API service for
authentication and entitlement details.
+ The canonical-server team is requesting a feature freeze exception for
acceptance of an new version of ubuntu-advantage-tools. Version 19 will
introduce an updated command line interface (UA Client) to simplify some
interaction with Ubuntu Advantage support offerings. This version of
ubuntu-advantage-tools depends on interaction with a new remote Contract API
service for authentication and entitlement details.
[Rationale]
ubuntu-advantage-tools v.19 is currently under development against a Contract
API spec but it has not yet been qualified against a functional (production,
development) Contract API service. That contract service will not be made
available to us until Feb 11th at earliest which doesn't leave enough time to
validate ubuntu-advantage-tools' interaction with the remote API and resolve
all major bugs by feature freeze date.
If we block the update to ubuntu-advantage-tools version 19, Ubuntu
- consumers will continue to have a very manual and time-consuming
- interaction with Ubuntu Advantage support offerings like livepatch fips
- and esm in order to enable, disable and maintain their support offerings
- on a fleet of machines.
-
+ consumers will continue to use the existing ubuntu-advantage-tools. The
+ current version requires authentication credentials for each different
+ offering, whereas the new one offers a centralized and streamlined
+ experience
[Timeline]
- Our expectation is to have access to the UA Contract API backend service
(ver.1) by Feb 11th at the earliest. The Contract API is under heavy active
development which is changing the API spec in the process. When the Contract
API service is available for testing, the Ubuntu Advantage integration testing
against a functional API can begin to exercise both supported and unsupported
platforms (kvm, lxc, baremetal). At this point any major bugs can be recognized
and resolved.
-
+ Our expectation is to have access to the UA Contract API backend service
(ver.1) by Feb 11th at the earliest. The Contract API is under heavy active
development which is changing the API spec in the process. When the Contract
API service is available for testing, the Ubuntu Advantage integration testing
against a functional API can begin to exercise both supported and unsupported
platforms (kvm, lxc, baremetal). At this point any major bugs can be recognized
and resolved.
[Risks]
Low-risk for Disco as ubuntu-advantage-tools will not allow enabling most
support entitlements because it is not an LTS (where ESM or FIPS have support).
This is a fairly simple command-line tool without a lot of moving pieces, the
most significant complexity/risk in this new version comes from iteractions
with the UA Contract API backend service to obtain auth tokens and request
entitlement configuration details.
This new client is a rewrite from bash to python and is used only to
enable/disable apt repositories, interact with motd and livepatch. The
move to python makes it a bit easier to test functionality. We will have
both integration tests and unittest coverage for all significant
features to ensure that the features are well vetted prior to release.
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